Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
DECEMBER
8
PSALMS: 8, 38, 68, 98,
128
PROVERBS: 8
OLD
TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 20:22 -
22:16
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 9:1 - 29
PSALMS:
8
For
the director of music. According to gittith. A A psalm of
David.
1
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth!
You
have set your glory
above
the heavens.
2
From
the lips of children and infants
you
have ordained praise B
because
of your enemies,
to
silence the foe and the avenger.
3
When
I consider your heavens,
the
work of your fingers,
the
moon and the stars,
which
you have set in place,
4
what
is man that you are mindful of him,
the
son of man that you care for him?
5
You
made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
C
and
crowned him with glory and honor.
6
You
made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you
put everything under his feet:
7
all
flocks and herds,
and
the beasts of the field,
8
the
birds of the air,
and
the fish of the sea,
all
that swim the paths of the seas. [1]
9
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth! [2]
PSALMS: 38
A
psalm of David. A petition.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
For
your arrows have pierced me,
and
your hand has come down upon me.
3
Because
of your wrath there is no health in my body;
my
bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4
My
guilt has overwhelmed me
like
a burden too heavy to bear.
5
My
wounds fester and are loathsome
because
of my sinful folly.
6
I
am bowed down and brought very low;
all
day long I go about mourning.
7
My
back is filled with searing pain;
there
is no health in my body.
8
I
am feeble and utterly crushed;
I
groan in anguish of heart.
9
All
my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my
sighing is not hidden from you.
10
My
heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even
the light has gone from my eyes.
11
My
friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my
neighbors stay far away.
12
Those
who seek my life set their traps,
those
who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all
day long they plot deception. [3]
13
I
am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,
like
a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
14
I
have become like a man who does not hear,
whose
mouth can offer no reply.
15
I
wait for you, O LORD;
you
will answer, O Lord my God.
16
For
I said, "Do not let them gloat
or
exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
17
For
I am about to fall,
and
my pain is ever with me.
18
I
confess my iniquity;
I
am troubled by my sin.
19
Many
are those who are my vigorous enemies;
those
who hate me without reason are numerous.
20
Those
who repay my good with evil
slander
me when I pursue what is good.
21
O
LORD, do not forsake me;
be
not far from me, O my God.
22
Come
quickly to help me,
O
Lord my Savior. [4]
PSALMS: 68
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
1
May
God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may
his foes flee before him.
2
As
smoke is blown away by the wind,
may
you blow them away;
as
wax melts before the fire,
may
the wicked perish before God.
3
But
may the righteous be glad
and
rejoice before God;
may
they be happy and joyful.
4
Sing
to God, sing praise to his name,
extol
him who rides on the clouds A--
his
name is the LORD--
and
rejoice before him.
5
A
father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is
God in his holy dwelling.
6
God
sets the lonely in families, B
he
leads forth the prisoners with singing;
but
the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7
When
you went out before your people, O God,
when
you marched through the wasteland,
Selah
8
the
earth shook,
the
heavens poured down rain,
before
God, the One of Sinai,
before
God, the God of Israel.
9
You
gave abundant showers, O God;
you
refreshed your weary inheritance. [5]
10
Your
people settled in it,
and
from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
11
The
Lord announced the word,
and
great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
12
"Kings and armies flee in haste;
in
the camps men divide the plunder.
Even
while you sleep among the campfires,
C
the
wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
its
feathers with shining gold."
14
When
the Almighty D scattered the kings in the land,
it
was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
15
The
mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains;
rugged
are the mountains of Bashan.
16
Why
gaze in envy, O rugged mountains,
at
the mountain where God chooses to reign,
where
the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17
The
chariots of God are tens of thousands
and
thousands of thousands;
the
Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18
When
you ascended on high,
you
led captives in your train;
you
received gifts from men,
even
from E the rebellious--
that
you, F O LORD God, might dwell there.
19
Praise
be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who
daily bears our burdens.
Selah
20
Our
God is a God who saves;
from
the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
[6]
21
Surely
God will crush the heads of his enemies,
the
hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22
The
Lord says, "I will bring them from
Bashan;
I
will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23
that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes,
while
the tongues of your dogs have their share."
24
Your
procession has come into view, O God,
the
procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25
In
front are the singers, after them the musicians;
with
them are the maidens playing tambourines.
26
Praise
God in the great congregation;
praise
the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
27
There
is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,
there
the great throng of Judah's princes,
and
there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
28
Summon
your power, O God G;
show
us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
29
Because
of your temple at Jerusalem
kings
will bring you gifts.
30
Rebuke
the beast among the reeds,
the
herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.
Humbled,
may it bring bars of silver.
Scatter
the nations who delight in war.
31
Envoys
will come from Egypt;
Cush
H will submit herself to God.
32
Sing
to God, O kingdoms of the earth,
sing
praise to the Lord,
Selah
[7]
33
to
him who rides the ancient skies above,
who
thunders with mighty voice.
34
Proclaim
the power of God,
whose
majesty is over Israel,
whose
power is in the skies.
35
You
are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;
the
God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise
be to God! [8]
PSALMS: 98
A
psalm.
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song,
for
he has done marvelous things;
his
right hand and his holy arm
have
worked salvation for him.
2
The
LORD has made his salvation known
and
revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3
He
has remembered his love
and
his faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all
the ends of the earth have seen
the
salvation of our God.
4
Shout
for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst
into jubilant song with music;
5
make
music to the LORD with the harp,
with
the harp and the sound of singing,
6
with
trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn--
shout
for joy before the LORD, the King.
7
Let
the sea resound, and everything in it,
the
world, and all who live in it.
8
Let
the rivers clap their hands,
let
the mountains sing together for joy;
9
let
them sing before the LORD,
for
he comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples with equity. [9]
PSALMS: 128
A
song of ascents.
1
Blessed
are all who fear the LORD,
who
walk in his ways.
2
You
will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings
and prosperity will be yours.
3
Your
wife will be like a fruitful vine
within
your house;
your
sons will be like olive shoots
around
your table.
4
Thus
is the man blessed
who
fears the LORD.
5
May
the LORD bless you from Zion
all
the days of your life;
may
you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6
and
may you live to see your children's children.
Peace
be upon Israel. [10]
PROVERBS: 8
8
1
Does not wisdom call out?
Does
not understanding raise her voice?
2
On
the heights along the way,
where
the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3
beside
the gates leading into the city,
at
the entrances, she cries aloud:
4
"To you, O men, I call out;
I
raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You
who are simple, gain prudence;
you
who are foolish, gain understanding.
6
Listen,
for I have worthy things to say;
I
open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My
mouth speaks what is true,
for
my lips detest wickedness.
8 All
the words of my mouth are just;
none
of them is crooked or perverse.
9 To
the discerning all of them are right;
they
are faultless to those who have knowledge.
10 Choose
my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge
rather than choice gold,
11 for
wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and
nothing you desire can compare with her.
12
"I, wisdom, dwell together with
prudence;
I
possess knowledge and discretion.
13 To
fear the LORD is to hate evil;
I
hate pride and arrogance,
evil
behavior and perverse speech.
14 Counsel
and sound judgment are mine;
I
have understanding and power.
15 By
me kings reign
and
rulers make laws that are just;
and
all nobles who rule on earth. A
17 I
love those who love me,
and
those who seek me find me.
18 With
me are riches and honor,
enduring
wealth and prosperity.
19
My
fruit is better than fine gold;
what
I yield surpasses choice silver.
20 I
walk in the way of righteousness,
along
the paths of justice,
21 bestowing
wealth on those who love me
and
making their treasuries full.
22
"The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
BC
before
his deeds of old;
23 I
was appointed D
from eternity,
from
the beginning, before the world began.
24 When
there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when
there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before
the mountains were settled in place,
before
the hills, I was given birth,
26 before
he made the earth or its fields
or
any of the dust of the world.
27 I
was there when he set the heavens in place,
when
he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when
he established the clouds above
and
fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when
he gave the sea its boundary
so
the waters would not overstep his command,
and
when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30
Then I was the craftsman at his side.
I
was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing
always in his presence,
31rejoicing
in his whole world
and
delighting in mankind.
[12]
32
"Now then, my sons, listen to
me;
blessed
are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen
to my instruction and be wise;
do
not ignore it.
34 Blessed
is the man who listens to me,
watching
daily at my doors,
waiting
at my doorway.
35 For
whoever finds me finds life
and
receives favor from the LORD.
36 But
whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all
who hate me love death."
[13]
OLD
TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 20:22 -
22:16
22
"`Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the
land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live
according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you.
Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you,
"You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land
flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from
the nations.
25 "`You
must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between
unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or
anything that moves along the ground--those which I have set apart as unclean
for you. 26 You
are to be holy to me C
because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my
own.
27 "`A
man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You
are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'
"
21
1
The
LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of
Aaron, and say to them: `A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for
any of his people who die,
2 except
for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his
brother, 3 or
an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband--for her he
may make himself unclean. 4 He
must not make himself unclean for people related to him by
marriage,A
and so defile himself.
5 "`Priests
must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their
bodies. 6 They
must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because
they present the offerings made to the LORD by fire, the food of their God, they
are to be holy.
7 "`They
must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,
because priests are holy to their God. 8 Regard
them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy,
because I the LORD am holy--I who make you holy.B
9 "`If
a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her
father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 "`The
high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on
his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let
his hair become unkempt C
or tear his clothes. 11 He
must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself
unclean, even for his father or mother, 12 nor
leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by
the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.
13 "`The
woman he marries must be a virgin. 14 He
must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution,
but only a virgin from his own people, 15 so
he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him
holy.D'
"
16The LORD said to Moses,
17 "Say to Aaron: `For the generations to
come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food
of his God. 18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind
or lame, disfigured or deformed; 19
no man with a crippled foot or hand,
20 or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect,
or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. 21 No descendant of
Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings
made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the
food of his God. 22 He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the
holy food; 23 yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain
or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD, who makes
them holy.E' "
24 So Moses told this to
Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
22 1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with
respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not
profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
3 "Say to
them: `For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially
unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate
to the LORD, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
4 "`If a
descendant of Aaron has an infectious skin disease A or a
bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He
will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone
who has an emission of semen, 5 or if he
touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him
unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. 6 The one who
touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the
sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. 7 When the
sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings,
for they are his food. 8 He must not
eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through
it. I am the LORD.
9 "`The
priests are to keep my requirements so that they do not become guilty and die
for treating them with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them
holy.B
10 "`No one
outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a
priest or his hired worker eat it. 11 But if a
priest buys a slave with money, or if a slave is born in his household, that
slave may eat his food. 12 If a
priest's daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the
sacred contributions. 13 But if a
priest's daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she
returns to live in her father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her
father's food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat any of it.
14 "`If anyone
eats a sacred offering by mistake, he must make restitution to the priest for
the offering and add a fifth of the value to it. 15 The priests
must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the LORD
16 by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon
[14] them guilt
requiring payment. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.' " [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 9:1 - 29
9
1
And
he said to them, "I tell you the truth, some who are
standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with
power."
2
After
six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high
mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world
could bleach them.
4
And
there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
5
Peter
said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three
shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." 6 (He did
not know what to say, they were so frightened.)
7
Then
a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"
8
Suddenly,
when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9
As
they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone
what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10
They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what "rising from the dead"
meant.
11
And
they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come
first?"
12
Jesus
replied, "To be sure, Elijah does come first, and
restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much
and be rejected? 13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him
everything they wished, just as it is written about him."
14
When
they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the
teachers of the law arguing with them. 15 As soon as all the people
saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him.
16
"What are you arguing with them about?" he asked.
17
A
man in the crowd answered, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a
spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it
throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes
rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not."
19
"O unbelieving generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with
you? Bring the boy to me."
20
So
they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a
convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21
Jesus
asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like
this?"
"From
childhood," he answered. 22 "It has often thrown him into fire or
water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."
23
"
`If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." [16]
24
Immediately
the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"
25
When
Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil
A spirit. "You deaf and mute
spirit," he said, "I command you, come out of
him and never enter him again."
26
The
spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much
like a corpse that many said, "He's dead." 27 But Jesus took him by
the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.
28
After
Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we
drive it out?"
[1]
Excerpted from Compton
[2]
Excerpted from Compton
[3]
Excerpted from Compton
[4]
Excerpted from Compton
[5]
Excerpted from Compton
[6]
Excerpted from Compton
[7]
Excerpted from Compton
[8]
Excerpted from Compton
[9]
Excerpted from Compton
[10]
Excerpted from Compton
[11]
Excerpted from Compton
[12]
Excerpted from Compton
[13]
Excerpted from Compton
[14]Excerpted from Compton
[15]Excerpted from Compton
[16]
Excerpted from Compton
[17]
Excerpted from Compton
John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
No comments:
Post a Comment